Go and see the Ballets Russes exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia this weekend. I say this now as it is probably as far as my lazier readers will make it. (I’m not judging, mind, being guilty of the very same elsewhere on the internet.) You’re probably thinking: “yeah but it’s like $20 to […]
Tag: National Gallery of Australia
Playing Favourites
There’s nothing like a good list to end the year. Here’s my top ten for 2010 – not just exhibitions or artists but also a few ‘things that happened that were pretty great’ in no particular order. Obviously it’s not exhaustive, but in the interests of not exhausting you, dear reader, we’ll keep it to […]
Heads Up – National Gallery of Australia
Further to yesterday’s post about branding misadventures – it’s the day we thought would never come!! From the NGA website: The National Gallery of Australia today confirmed that its “New Look” Stage One Building Project will open to the public on Friday, 1 October 2010. The redevelopment is the biggest transformation of the Gallery since […]
Good Logo Gone Bad
I’m lookin’ at you National Gallery of Australia. Okay, so I don’t profess to know much about design, but I have to say I was pretty gobsmacked when this popped up on their website the other day: Yep. That bit on the left is meant to read NGA. But as my co-worker said in all […]
Kelly Country – Sidney Nolan at the National Gallery of Australia
Is there anything more iconic in the world of Australian art than the solid black box of Ned Kelly’s helmet? I am sitting in the National Gallery of Australia with Deborah Hart, Senior Curator of Australian Painting and Sculpture. We’re in the new Nolan Gallery soaking up the rich visual treats resulting from one of […]
Postcard from Canberra
Ah Canberra in the Summertime. Such a strange phenomenon. The locals leave – hurtling down the Clyde, everything is closed, and the hot dry wind is left to buffet around the city by itself like an insolent teenager. I am as guilty as the next local of this seasonal abandonment, but drawing me back home […]
The Plastic Arts
Despite having one of the worst exhibition titles ever, and being accompanied by some extremely patronising marketing, the exhibition Soft Sculpture is a real coup for Canberra. The good people at BMA magazine kindly arranged for me to visit the National Gallery of Australia to meet with Lucina Ward, exhibition Curator… Breasts. Feathers. Plastic bags. Felt. […]
